Fretboards
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Re: Fretboards
probably brighter with maple..but the only way to tell for sure is have a guitar with a maple/maple, then scrape off the fingerboard and glue a rosewood one down. Differences in the maple neck itself (even from the same tree) could skew the results either way.
probably brighter with maple..but the only way to tell for sure is have a guitar with a maple/maple, then scrape off the fingerboard and glue a rosewood one down. Differences in the maple neck itself (even from the same tree) could skew the results either way.
7th Hell
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Re: Fretboards
Fingerboards have a huge influence on a guitar's overall tone. In general, Maple boards will be bright and have a fast, crisp attack. Rosewood (my fave) has a more singing tonal quality, with more mid-bass response. Ebony is somewhere in between. My ESP Kami 4 has a maple fretboard, and I have to cut the treble on my amp waaaaay down when I play it.
Fingerboards have a huge influence on a guitar's overall tone. In general, Maple boards will be bright and have a fast, crisp attack. Rosewood (my fave) has a more singing tonal quality, with more mid-bass response. Ebony is somewhere in between. My ESP Kami 4 has a maple fretboard, and I have to cut the treble on my amp waaaaay down when I play it.
theboatcandream
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Re: Fretboards
Rosewood is warmer, good for rock. Maple boards I always associate with telecasters, you know the theme music to the good, the bad, and the ugly? Yeah, that.
Rosewood is warmer, good for rock. Maple boards I always associate with telecasters, you know the theme music to the good, the bad, and the ugly? Yeah, that.
beandip
Frito's Better Half
Re: Fretboards
Ebony is far from inbetween. It's just as bright, if not brighter than maple. But instead of it having a sharp and in your face attack, it's a very even bright. Maple is bright by a spike in the high mids, and lower highs, while ebony is bright by a spike in the middle and high mids, and the low and middle highs. It has a much more even brightness to it. Rosewood is like ebony, just the other way around. It has a spike in the middle and low mids, and the high and middle lows, giving it a even full think sound.
Ebony is far from inbetween. It's just as bright, if not brighter than maple. But instead of it having a sharp and in your face attack, it's a very even bright. Maple is bright by a spike in the high mids, and lower highs, while ebony is bright by a spike in the middle and high mids, and the low and middle highs. It has a much more even brightness to it. Rosewood is like ebony, just the other way around. It has a spike in the middle and low mids, and the high and middle lows, giving it a even full think sound.
